August 2015 DropBox upgrade to v2.26 (Some minor tweaks to help guarantee reliability in all weather.)

Oct 2015 Event Vendor replacement script added

April 2016 Gift Cards updated to include new tracking options

June 2016 DropBoxes updated to v2.27 (Added some self-test code to diagnose and automatically report BUG-19987 / SVC-23, to further improve reliability.)

August 2016 DropBoxes updated to v2.30 (Changed the way that BUG-19987 is detected and reported. Hopefully this issue is now resolved.)

July 2017 DropBoxes updated to v2.32 (Removed detection of BUG-19987 since it's now fixed)

Nov 2017 DropBox updated to v2.40

Nov 2017 Redelivery terminal updated - v2.40

Dec 2017 Wishlist feature added

Dec 2017 Ability to disable the giftwrap option

Dec 2017 New gift option "WithMessage"

Jan 2018 Store credit check terminal added

v2.11

Faster dialogs

Support for L$0 price overrides and 100% discounts

New style redelivery terminal

New vendor "CasperVend2 TwoFaced" - double-sided vendor

Improved the UpgradeBee to automatically reactivate v2.10 vendors when doing an update

v2.10

v2.09 was an internal testing release.

Added a new mechanism to prevent entities from dropping offline (becoming uncontactable)

Regular vendors can now use a "hippo-style" page flipping mechanism, configurable in the profile

We've removed support for the Jack-In-The-Box rezzer from the holovend (anyone currently using it is fine, the existing JITB containers will still work)

We've added some functionality to the upgradebee so it will help identify vendors which it can't contact

The mapping notecard now accepts the parameter __ANY__ under [BUTTONS] to specify that any prim in the linkset can be touched. This enables the headless vendor to display a menu when any prim on the object is touched. (Note that early versions of the 2.10 pack were released with the notecard in the headless vendor mistakenly set to __ALL__ rather than __ANY__, which has been corrected.)

Gift cards still use the v1 network (due to shut down in may), but v2.08 has been moved to a separate node that will continue functioning after the 1st of May deadline.

Texture Vendors still use the v1 network (due to shut down in may), but v1.56 has been moved to a separate node that will continue functioning after the 1st of May deadline.

v2.07e

Gift card: Updated gift card to v2.07 - fixed a security weakness

v2.07d

Rez-Free: Changed the "Creator" of the rez-free crate from Casper Warden to RezFree Resident.

Midnight Madness: Fixed a bug which could cause the midnight madness board to trigger "midnight" more than once

v2.07c

TextureVend: Fixed a bug which caused the vendor to sell textures which were only intended for display.

v2.07b

28th of June

HoloVend: Minor tweak, patch a rare and obscure weakness in the network code, which could potentially cause the vendor to rez the wrong item.

All vendors: Fixed the upgrade notification so it will only show on rez, not after a region restart. Please note that this could occur one more time, since it depends on a certain flag being set.

v2.07

26th of June

Unfortunately during testing of this release we discovered that it simply isn't possible to add the two features below marked in red to the holovendor, because the result was a vendor which didn't have enough script memory to function properly. We will pursue possible avenues of getting this functionality working for the next release. All regular vendors will still receive the features, only the holovend will miss out.

DropBox: Protocol improved to be more compliant with objects with non-ascii names

DropBox Self check re-added to the dropbox code (since SVC-6546 has made a return recently).

NEW: Fix for 0000486: Statistics now use the "Net" amount rather than the "Gross" amount for the graphs and totals.

NEW: "Discount" button for vendors allows customers to see the discount they will receive, as well as their current spend. In addition, they are also sent some information after a sale has completed, if relevant. (0000299 and 0000308)

NEW: HoloVend: Updated tracker to 2.07 with a fix for newer rez-faux boxes not cleaning up properly.

v2.06

This release was skipped to bring our version numbers in-line.

Minor updates since v2.05 release

The new style lucky chairs were released.

The new midnight madness system was added to CasperVend.

TextureVend updated to v1.54. Fixed an issue where clicking the side panels wouldn't correctly select the right texture.

v2.05

23rd of April

Delivery speed is now significantly faster.

Fixed a rare but annoying vendor lockup

Two new vendors : 9 panel primsaver and 3 prim stand model

Addressed some important issues with transactions being processed multiple times (fixed in all previous versions too. This fix was applied at 3:20PM PDT on the 23rd of April. Any transactions before this time may have been affected. This was a very rare issue, but dangerous for those who were hit by it.)

Added some feedback from payment commands so the vendors will notify us about payment state even if LL's HTTP link is down

Added an "Update" dialog menu item to allow the owner to request an upgradebee from an out of date vendor (added to all previous versions too)

Added a "Delete" dialog menu item to allow the owner to delete the vendor cleanly, with no timeout (added to all previous versions too)

TextureVend: Fixed a problem that caused the option to toggle the watermark to fail.

TextureVend: Watermark textures are now present inside the vendors and can be changed just by swapping the textures.

v2.04

9th of April

DropBox: A "delete" option has been added to the touch menu of the dropbox, to allow users to cleanly remove dropboxes and their containing items without first emptying the contents.

UpgradeBee: The "Force All" and "Check All" options have been cleaned up so that they generate the correct text output in local.

HoloVend: A problem was found which in some circumstances could cause objects to fail to derez. This has been solved in the 2.05 tracker script and the 1.55 rez-free package. If you continue to experience trouble after updating, it's most likely because you are either not using the latest version of the tracker / rez-free, OR you still have old versions rezzed (they might be small and hard to find, select the area on your rezzing platform to find them).

HoloVend: Sounds are now restricted to 25 meters rather than 10.

HoloVend: Instant Messages sent from the vendor will be sent using a custom name and not the name of the vendor, to help prevent confusion.

v2.03

3rd of April

Restricted sounds to a 10m radius of the vendor, to prevent noise pollution.

Renamed the option "Update All" on the UpgradeBee to "Force All" to imply that it's not the default/preferred option.

Vendors will now send IM's using a custom name rather than their current name, to avoid confusion.

DropBox v2 is now included. No need to update though, your old dropboxes will continue to work fine.

Free, Premium, Mesh: We fixed an issue with the mapping system that caused it to require prim names be in CAPITAL LETTERS.

Free, Premium, Mesh: We've included a new notecard from Sphynx Soleil (thanks!) which gives much clearer instructions on customising your vendors.

v2.0

Customisation

We've addressed the one main concern that customers have with CasperVend, and that is the lack of customisation. Vendors can now be linked, unlinked, torn apart, modified, even built from scratch by users with no scripting experience.

New design

We've taken a fresh look at our vendor range and given it a redesign, the end result being clean and modern.

Speed

We've heavily optimised the way the vendors operate in many key areas, providing really snappy response times despite still only using one script per vendor.

Video playback

You can now associate a video to your products, and it'll play right from the vendor! This depends on a video proxy prim (included) which must be owned by the land owner (maybe deeded to group if the land is group owned).

Page scrolling

By popular request, our vendors can now be scrolled page by page as well as item by item.

Persistent settings

All vendor settings are now saved when vendors are picked up and re-rezzed, or shift-copied, not just the product list.

Integrated affiliates

In the final release, and towards the end of the beta period, the vendors will be made transferrable. When transferred, the vendors will automatically become affiliates.

Revamped delivery system

We've improved and optimised our delivery process, providing a sleek new delivery status page to go with it, and we now fully verify every payment using the new llTransferLindenDollars function (before we only verified affiliate payments).

"Demo" button

We've added a demo button, which will allow the users to get a demo delivered to try the product beforea they buy (optional, of course).

"Help" button

We've added a help button that customers can click to get a list of their recent transactions, as well as access to our redelivery system.

Code sharing

All the vendors now share the same script, meaning region resources are shared far more efficiently by the Mono engine.

v1.51

Core System, Holovend

Memory usage has been hugely decreased across all of these products.
We now send new deliveries to all three servers, rather than just two
We now make 15 seperate attempts to contact the delivery servers, instead of just three
We now send an email if all delivery attempts fail. The CasperVend servers will read the e-mail and add the transaction automatically.
llTransferLindenDollars is now used for ALL payments, not just affiliate->creator payments.
The vendors will automatically disable themselves if a payment fails with a "no permissions" or "group owned" error. We've had strange instances of vendors losing perms randomly.
The transaction failure reason is now properly returned to the caspervend servers, and not just "sucess" or "fail"

Affiliate Vendors

All of the above changes, PLUS....
It is now possible to change the button panel texture on the 1-prim affiliate vendor. Note that if you change the texture, it will no longer automatically add or remove the arrows if there are multiple / single products in the profile.

TextureVend

Support for "cover images". This allows you to display a different texture than the one you sell - this is useful if you want to watermark the display texture to protect it against theft.
llTransferLindenDollars is now used for ALL payments.
The vendor will automatically disable itself if a payment fails with a "no permissions" or "group owned" error. We've had strange instances of vendors losing perms randomly.
The transaction failure reason is now properly returned to the caspervend servers, and not just "sucess" or "fail"

v1.50

Premium / Free

The "status" URL's have been updated to use https:// instead of http://. Minor improvement to security.

Fixed the non-fatal "failed to find sound" LSL error that occured when searching for something that didn't exist

All components of the complete bundle now have a matching version number to minimise confusion.

Small speed improvements and memory optimisation

Affiliate Vendor

Affiliate vendors now support secure payments. This utilises LL's new llTransferLindenDollars function which actually tells us if the money can't be paid rather than failing silently. Hoorah!

The "status" URL's have been updated to use https:// instead of http://. Minor improvement to security.

Minor speed and memory optimisations

All components of the complete bundle now have a matching version number to minimise confusion.

Lucky Chair

Solved a problem with the display prim becoming disassociated with the closest chair.

Gift Card

Fixed a rare corner-case where a customer might see a product from the wrong shop on their card (but not buy it). Caused by corrupt HTTP multibyte transcoding in LL's squid proxy giving us the wrong productID.

(from v1.47) - Gift card can now handle partial payments. When the user wants to buy something that costs more than the amount on their card, It'll ask the user if they want to pay the remainder.

The "status" URL's have been updated to use https:// instead of http://. Minor improvement to security.

Various minor code tweaks for stability and memory optimisations

All components of the complete bundle now have a matching version number to minimise confusion.

All other caspervend components

The "status" URL's have been updated to use https:// instead of http://. Minor improvement to security.

Various minor code tweaks for stability and memory optimisations

All components of the complete bundle now have a matching version number to minimise confusion.